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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?
(a) She became paralyzed.
(b) She became sick and died.
(c) She was kidnapped.
(d) She ran away.

2. In June 1948, what does the boy witness?
(a) The death of a young boy.
(b) The house burn down.
(c) His father leave town.
(d) His mother attempt suicide.

3. How do the boy's father's parents die?
(a) Fever.
(b) An accident.
(c) Killed at the shootout at the distillery.
(d) Old age.

4. Which of the boy's relatives dies in October 1949?
(a) His father.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His sister.

5. Who is Katie?
(a) The boy's mother's sister.
(b) The boy's sister.
(c) The boy's grandmother.
(d) The boy's father's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy find in the wardrobe of his sister's bedroom?

2. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?

3. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

4. Who is the hero of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

5. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?

(see the answer key)

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